assent
/əˈsɛnt/verb, noun
assent is spelled A-S-S-E-N-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “ascent vs assent” about 880 times a month (Google, United States). As a verb, assent means “To agree to a proposal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in assent?
| Letters | 6: A-S-S-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,820th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is assent?
Assent appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce assent?
- /əˈsɛnt/
Assent has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-ncalif-assent.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with assent
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: ascent (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of assent
- assents present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- assenting participle, present
- assented participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does assent mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To agree to a proposal.
noun
- 1
Agreement; act of agreeing.
I will give this act my assent.
- 2
A legal instrument that conveys real estate to an heir under the terms of a will.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Assent in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | assentir , assentiment |
| Portuguese | assentir , assentimento, sanção, assenso |
| Spanish | asentir, consentir , asentimiento |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does assent come from?
From Middle English assent (noun) and assenten (verb), from Old French assent (noun) and assentir (verb), from Latin assentiō (whence as-).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).